An Act concerning the department of health and environment;
disclosure of certain infor-
mation in possession thereof; prohibitions and
restrictions on disclosure; amending
K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 65-506 and 65-525 and
repealing the existing sections.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

Section 1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 65-506
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 65-506. The secretary of health and environment shall
serve no-
tice of the issuance, suspension or revocation of a license to
conduct a
maternity center or child care facility or the issuance, suspension
or rev-
ocation of a certificate of registration for a family day care home
to the
secretary of social and rehabilitation services, to
thejuvenile justice au-thority, department of education, office of the state fire
marshal, county,
city-county or multi-county department of health, and to any
licensedchild placement agency or licensed child care resource and
referral agency
serving the area where the center or facility is located. A
maternity centeror child care facility that has had a license suspended, revoked
or deniedby the secretary of health and environment or a family day care
homethat has had a certificate of registration suspended, revoked or
denied bythe secretary of health and environment shall notify in writing
the parentsor guardians of the enrollees of the suspension, revocation or
denial. Nei-
ther the secretary of social and rehabilitation services nor any
other per-
son shall place or cause to be placed any maternity patient or
child under
16 years of age in any maternity center or child care facility not
licensed
by the secretary of health and environment or family day care home
not
holding a certificate of registration from the secretary of health
and en-
vironment.

Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 65-525 is
hereby amended to read as fol-
lows: 65-525. Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 1999
Supp. 65-531and amendments thereto, information received by the
licensing agencythrough filed reports, inspections or otherwise authorized
under K.S.A.65-501 to 65-522, inclusive, and amendments thereto shall
not be dis-closed publicly in such manner as to identify
individuals(a) Informationin the possession of the department of health and environment
receivedpursuant to K.S.A. 65-501et seq. regarding child
care facilities, maternity
centers or family day care homes shall not be released publicly in
a man-
ner that would identify individuals, unless required by law.

(b) The name, address and telephone
number of a child care facility,maternity center or family day care home shall not be released
publiclyunless required by law.

(c) Information that cannot be
released by subsection (a) or (b) maybe released to: (1) An agency or organization authorized to
receive noticeunder K.S.A. 65-506, and amendments thereto; (2) a criminal
justiceagency; (3) any state or federal agency that provides child care
servicesor provides child protective services; or (4) any federal agency
for thepurposes of compliance with federal funding
requirements.

(d) Any state or federal agency
receiving information under subsec-tion (a) or (b) shall not disseminate the information without
the consentof the person whose information will be disseminated unless
required bylaw. Any person, other than a state or federal agency, receiving
infor-mation under subsection (a) or (b) shall not disseminate the
informationwithout the consent of the person whose name will be
disseminated unlessrequired by law.

(e) In any hearings conducted
under the licensing or regulation pro-
visions of K.S.A. 65-501 to 65-522, inclusive,et seq. and amendments
thereto, the hearing officer may close the hearing to the public to
prevent
public disclosure of matters relating to
individualspersons restricted by
other laws.

Sec. 3. K.S.A. 1999
Supp. 65-506 and 65-525 are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.